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Prepared with AI assistance and checked against official sources by the PensionHunter team.

Why a free register for members abroad

People who worked abroad lose track of their pensions because they move house, change name and watch employers change theirs, so a fund's letters stop reaching them. A free register lets them add themselves once, and that register is GPFR, the Global Pension Finding Register, free for people and for funds.

How do people lose track of a pension from abroad?

You work in another country for a few years. You leave, you move again, and your address changes. Your surname may change. The employer may be sold or renamed. A fund that still holds your money writes to an address you left years ago, and the letter comes back.

The fund has not forgotten you, and you have not forgotten the job. Neither side can reach the other.

Why a register, and why free?

A register turns the search round. Instead of a fund looking for you with an old address, you add yourself once, with the countries, employers and years you worked. As pension funds register, former members can find them.

GPFR is free because the people it is for should not pay to be found. Yes. GPFR is free for people, always, and free for pension funds and trustees too. You never pay, and we take nothing from your pension.

What does GPFR do today?

  • People add themselves on the register page, once, after reading the consent text and saying yes. We confirm the email address first.
  • Your browser turns your name and date of birth into codes before anything is sent. We keep the codes, not the text.
  • Pension funds can register on the fund page. It is free, needs no contract and no member data, and a fund can leave anytime.
  • We delete your entry within a day when you ask, and after 24 months without activity.

What is not open yet?

Matching. Matching opens for each fund only once that fund's data agreement is signed. When it does, a fund can confirm a former member only under that agreement, and nothing is shared unless you and the fund both say yes. We cannot promise that a fund holds a pension for you.

Where to start

If you want an answer now, our free pension check shows which of the countries in your work history may hold a pension. To be found later, add yourself to GPFR. If you run a fund, register your fund.

Sources

Our own pages, read on 29 October 2026: the GPFR register page and the GPFR page for pension funds.

Questions

Why do people who worked abroad lose track of a pension?
They move, change address and sometimes name, and employers change theirs, so a fund's letters stop reaching them. Neither side can find the other.
Does GPFR cost me anything?
No. It is free for you, always, and free for pension funds and trustees too. We take nothing from your pension.
Is GPFR matching people with funds already?
Not yet. People register once and funds can register. Matching opens for each fund only once that fund's data agreement is signed, and nothing is shared unless you and the fund both say yes.

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